Pedrolino or Pierotto. A servant or valet clad in mostly white, created by Giovanni Pellesini. [28] Famous Harlequins [ edit ] Marcello Moretti (1910–61). Photograph by Amleto Sartori [30]

There is a huge amount of variety for both posing and choosing weapons options and all of the components in this kit are fully interchangeable with the other Harlequin plastic kits. No obsec was the primary one. I found myself wishing for obsec in every game. In fact, if I had just one or two obsec units on the board in round one I could have denied the Dark Angel battle company a maelstrom and maybe pulled off an upset win. Fishing for sixes on shuriken cannons to clear free drop pods off objectives wasn’t pretty. In battle, a Harlequin Troupe moves fast and hits hard, relying on speed and skill to annihilate the enemy before they even have time to raise their guns. Once in combat, the Harlequins are in their element, performing a lethal dance of death while their masks shimmer with their foe’s worst fears.It’s not just the Harlequins’ close-combat weapons that have been refreshed in the Aeldari codex. We’ve already seen what the shuriken cannon can do, but the haywire cannon on the Voidweaver is now so devastating that these fast-moving skimmers will tear through enemy tank squadrons. The Curtain Rises (999.M41) - The galaxy burns, the fires of war lighting a bloody stage. The veil thins: a curtain soon to be ripped aside. According to the Laughing God's will, the Harlequins take their places to act out their last, greatest performance -- or die in the attempt. It is said that Cegorach is the only being in existence who knows every single path through the Webway. This might explain how his disciples possess such an intimate knowledge of its twists and turns, for the Harlequins walk the Webway without fear, appearing and disappearing at will. After turn one Troupes can move+run+assault, plus fleet. With the transport’s movement that’s a thirty inch assault threat bubble , which is no joke. Harlies also ignore terrain for the purposes of moving and assaulting so not much slows them down.

The difference between these three Troupes to a non-Aeldari observer would be hard to distinguish by visual clues alone. Save for a rune badge that is either a prism, heart or four-sided star, there is little else to distinguish them from each other. The true difference between them is how the Players act. Explosions blossom one after another, their roar a deafening crescendo accompanied by the howl of Starweaver transports and Voidweaver gunships opening fire. Amidst the mayhem, the masque's elite choreograph the carnage. Each Troupe Master directs their Players with the skill of an impresario and the strategic genius of a seasoned general. Death Jesters send volleys of fire to cut down key targets, always with an eye for what cruel humour they can find in the kill. Enigmatic Shadowseers use their phantasmic powers to terrify and misdirect, drowning the enemy in nightmare visions, and should one of the dreaded Solitaires deign to join a battle, they can slaughter entire enemy regiments in impossible displays of martial prowess. The Maedrax Encore (785.M41) - The Masque of the Dreaming Shadow begin a decade-long campaign against the tomb worlds of Maedrax, fighting to stem the rising Necron tide after craftworld Ulthwé's failure to do so.

Painting Harlequins

Henke, Robert (2002). Performance and Literature in the Commedia dell'arte. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521172387. Well Versed: Once per battle, you can use a VOID-DANCER TROUPE Tactical Ploy without spending any Command Points if this operative is the VOID-DANCER TROUPE operative specified by that Tactical Ploy.